Labels:text | screenshot | diagram OCR: SNMP dients Clients Clients CLAMAMLLA Local Local server server SNMP SNMP SNMP Site Front end Front end Front end server Flat access with each front end polling selected clients Front end Front end Front end Hierarchical access keeps data in a common server Figure I: SNMP assumes a flat data acquisition and distribution system. The LAN uself may be implemented in a bierarchical fashion ushag hubs, but front-end applications still access the SNMP clients directly A hierarchical server management system lets local servers acquire and control their ou'u sets of clients. The focal servers feed data back 10 a comuneai site server achich is accessed by front-end applications, instead of allowing the applications to work directly with the clients. This architecture can significantly reduce network managment traffic since each application does not have to poll the clients directly
